ASV Hamm playful leadership and is subject to Lübeck in the relegation battle!
ASV Hamm playful leadership and is subject to Lübeck in the relegation battle!
The ASV Hamm-Westfalen had to accept a bitter defeat in the relegation battle of the 2nd handball Bundesliga on March 31, 2025. The team lost at VfL Lübeck-Schwartau with 26:30. The outcome of this game could be crucial for the further course of the season, since both teams urgently needed points. With 1,764 spectators, the mood at the Lübeck family day was tense.
VfL Lübeck-Schwartau, who was in the penultimate place before the game, was able to make up for important soil in the fight against the descent through this victory. On the other hand, the ASV Hamm-Westfalen only stays in a twelfth place, which means that the team still has to keep a class. ASV coach Michael Hegemann was disappointed with the mistakes of his team in the decisive final phase, she was one of the reasons for the defeat.
game course in detail
The ASV started the game well and was able to take the lead 3-1 early. However, this dominance did not last long; Lübeck took control during the first half. More precisely, Lübeck fell back to 4: 3, finally developed a 13:10 lead at halftime, after an impressive 5: 1 run in the last seven minutes of the first half.
In the second half, it continued with a gap of five goals for Hamm. After 43 minutes it was 23:18 for Lübeck. The ASV had to be creative in the attack to catch up. A change in the cover led to an upswing: Hamm scored a 3-0 run and struggled to 23:21. In the hectic final phase, Kaspar Böttcher managed to achieve the equalization to 26:26 in the 56th minute
If everything indicated that Hamm could take the chance of gaining a point, the sheet turned. Lübeck was not put off and threw four goals in a row in the final minutes, which secured victory. After the game, Hegemann criticized the technical mistakes that the team undertook in the decisive phase and ultimately cost the game.
future challenges
The ASV will have several tricky games on the program next week. On Saturday they face TuS Ferndorf at 7:30 p.m., followed by a home game against HSG Nordhorn-Lingen on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Last Wednesday, the ASV celebrated a victory with 37:34 against the HSG, which gave the players some air in the fight for leverage.
On the edge of the game there were also personal events that accompanied the team: Felix Hertlein celebrated his 33rd birthday and Jakub Sterba was able to report the birth of his child. While the joy of these successes remains, the sporting challenge in the 2nd handball Bundesliga remains for the ASV.
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